Former Straitjacket Fit heads into a new Orbit

Seeds of Orbit have listened to the people’s
pleas for a mighty homegrown psychedelic band – and boy,
have they answered them. Listening to their self-titled EP,
you can imagine yourself transported to a lounge draped in
purple brocade, incense wafting through the air, the sounds
of psychotropic riffage meeting mod pop melodies…feel free
to rock out, or simply absorb the music.

Something of a
supergroup, this three-piece has a deep love for heavy mod,
stoner rock and acid folk. Made up of Mark Petersound (aka
Mark Petersen – Straitjacket Fits, Cabbage Bomber, Shaft),
Bridgette Bowie (The Doris Days, Cabbage Bomber and
legendary all-girl punk band Fake Purr), and Marty Doo (NZ:
The Beads; Australia: Glide, Challenger 7, Scruffs,
Grapefruit), their mind-alteringly psychedelic debut EP
‘Seeds of Orbit’ has just been released on Powertool
Records.

Seeds of Orbit’s release party will be quite
the happening, taking flight at Auckland’s Thirsty Dog
onSaturday February 22. The support acts are also pretty
stunning in their own right - Simon McLaren(Love’s Ugly
Children, the Subliminals, Sleepers Union) brings his
exciting new band Psychic Maps from Christchurch, and guitar
virtuoso Gem Indigo completes the entourage.

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